REFLECTIONS OF A LIFE DIRECTOR 4G3 



which was not so i)ubHshed. It remains to be seen whether Mr. 

 Chapman is the only inharmonious element left on the board. 



Again on February 25, 1921, with but six directors to elect to till 

 vacancies, there being at that time on the board four foresters holding 

 over, the two slates proposed were, respectively : 



Directors' Slate Members' Slate 



\V. R. Brown for re-election John B. Burnham, see above 



N. C. Brown for re-election F. H. Xewell, see above 



Standish Chard for re-election John E. Jenks, see above 



Addison S. Pratt for re-election Wm. P. Wharton, Boston, 



Director Mass. Forestry Assn. 

 John Hays Hammond, Henry S. Graves, 



Mining Engineer Former Forester, U. S. Forest 



Service 

 Elbert F. Baldwin, F. W. Besley, State Forester, 



Editor Outlook Maryland 



Thus the directors nominated one forester, the '"foresters" two. 

 Had the opposition elected their slate, the foresters on the board would 

 have been increased from four to five, the extra forester serving merely 

 to replace Air. Gaskill. Mr. Greeley's resignation Alarch 5 left as 

 foresters on the new board, N. C. Brown, American Wood Export 

 Association, New York City ; E. A. Sterling, of John D. Lacey & Co., 

 and H. H. Chapman. 



It has thus been the policy even of the old board to have foresters 

 as directors, but to have a majority of directors who were not foresters. 

 This policy was accepted by those who sought to elect new directors, 

 and at no time was any effort made or contemplated to control the 

 board of the Association by, or in the interest of foresters, but solely 

 by and in the interest of its members and the public whom they 

 represent. 



The second charge, that foresters represent a special interest, carries 

 with it the corollary that this group is antagonistic to public interests 

 and hence to the welfare of the Association, which, now that it is 

 freed from their domination, can promote the cause of forestry and 

 its policy of truly representing and creating public opinion. 



It is my belief that the creation of public opinion is in truth the 

 real object of these efforts described in this series of articles, hut in 

 this purpose, and for the kind of public opinion to be created, foresters 

 as a class are evidently to be excluded. This raises the question in a 

 very acute form, as to whom the public should trust. Who are these 



